Talks and Presentations

Presentations, talks, and workshops.

The Shiny AI Stack: shinychat, querychat, and the LLM Plumbing Beneath

Conference

A tour of the Shiny AI stack, from polished chat interfaces in shinychat to the LLM plumbing in ellmer and chatlas and domain-specific apps like querychat.

Programming with LLMs in R and Python

Workshop

A full-day workshop introducing participants to programming with large language models in R and Python using ellmer and chatlas.

Theming Made Easy: Introducing brand.yml

Conference

brand.yml is an exciting new project from Posit that radically simplifies theming across reports, apps, and websites in R and Python.

Programming with LLM APIs: A Beginner’s Guide in R and Python

Workshop

A full-day workshop introducing participants to LLM APIs using ellmer (R) and chatlas (Python), covering system prompts, tool calling, RAG, and building Shiny apps with LLM-powered chat interfaces.

Building the Future of Data Apps: LLMs Meet Shiny

Conference

A live demo explaining LLM APIs from zero and building LLM-empowered data workflows and Shiny apps using ellmer, shinychat, and querychat.

Shiny + AI: Building LLM-Powered Apps in R

Conference

A live demo showing how to build custom LLM-empowered data workflows and Shiny apps using ellmer, shinychat, and querychat.

Theming Made Easy: brand.yml for R

Talk

A live demo of brand.yml, showing how to create beautifully branded Shiny apps, Quarto reports, and slides from a single YAML configuration file.

Theming Made Easy: Introducing brand.yml for Shiny

Conference

An introduction to brand.yml, a new Posit project that radically simplifies theming for Shiny apps and other R data science outputs.

Next Generation Shiny Apps with {bslib}

Workshop

A hands-on workshop covering the latest developments in bslib for building modern, themeable Shiny apps and dashboards.

Modern Dashboards with bslib

Conference

bslib is the new shinydashboard! Learn why you should choose blisb for your next Shiny app or dashboard.

{epoxy}

Conference

Super glue for data-driven reports and Shiny apps.

Seamless data-driven reporting with {epoxy}

Conference

{epoxy} is a new R package that allows report authors to seamlessly blend prose and data in markdown, HTML, and LaTeX reports.

Professional, Polished, Presentable

Workshop

A useR!2021 tutorial about making great slides with xaringan.

Sliding in Style

Talk

Make stylish slides with {xaringanthemer} and a little bit of CSS.

Making Extra Great Slides

Talk

A brief introduction to the {xaringan} package and how you can make your slides look great with {xaringanthemer} and stand out with {xaringanExtra}.

R Markdown: An Incomplete History

Talk

An incomplete history of the literate programming origins of R Markdown. Plus some cool things I’m tinkering with: {epoxy} and {shinyComponents}.

xaringan Playground

Conference

Making slides with xaringan is a great way to learn more about CSS and web development.

Build Your Own Universe

Conference

Scale high-quality research data provisioning with R packages package.

Your Slides are So Extra!

Conference

A presentation writing and benefiting from programming with functions.

10,000 Reasons to Love Functions

Education

A presentation writing and benefiting from programming with functions.

Extra Awesome xaringan Presentations

Talk

A brief introduction to the {xaringan} package and how you can make your slides look great with {xaringanthemer} and stand out with {xaringanExtra}.

JavaScript for Shiny Users

Workshop

A two-day workshop to get you up and running with JavaScript in Shiny and interactive R Markdown documents.

Reproducible Data Workflows With Drake

Education

A gentle introduction to reproducible data workflows with the {drake} package.

A Gentle Guide to the Grammar of Graphics with ggplot2

Education

An intruction to data visualization with ggplot2 presented at the “Workshop on Data Analysis Using R” hosted by the ASA student chapter at USF.

The Passive Smart Home: Unobtrusive At-Home Behavior Monitoring

Conference

Presented at the “Utilizing Technology for Data Collection and Intervention” mini-conference at Moffitt Cancer Center

Unsupervised behavior change detection using passive sensor systems in the homes of older adults

Conference

Presented at the 11th World Conference of Gerontechnology in St. Petersburg, FL.

A Gentle Guide to the Grammar of Graphics with ggplot2

Education

An introduction to data visualization using ggplot2 presented at the Tampa R Users Group on 2018-01-23.

Occupant Activity Profiles from Smart Home Sensor Event Streams

Conference

Faced with a growing elderly population, learning and characterizing activity profiles of smart home occupants will support senior health care management for older adults…

getting staRted in R

Education

Ambient Intelligence Applications in Healthcare

Conference

In the past century, the world has experienced unprecedented growth in life expectancy concurrent with a growth in elderly population. Between 2010 and 2050, the number of…

Reporting Reproducible Research with R and Markdown

Education

Boosted Tree Ensembles for Predicting Postsurgical ICU Mortality

Conference

Real-time monitoring of patient conditions in the ICU environment is essential in supporting clinical decisions and ensuring optimal allocation of medical resources. This…